Ceramike - Background Information
 

British Studio Pottery

David Leach waves charger Mick Casson salt glazed crane jug Phil Rogers finger wiped vase


Tiled sign on the Leach Pottery in St. Ives

In 1920 Bernard Leach returned from Japan with Hamada Shoji to found the Leach Pottery in St. Ives.
Click the Leach Pottery tiles above to see a Leach St. Ives potters family tree.

Plate Design Evolution

Leach Pottery - Plate Design

Old Standard Ware Range

Leach Pottery - Old Standardware Range


Ray Finch 1914 - 2012

Ray Finch the grand old man of Winchcombe Pottery has died at the age of 97. Ray was taken on as a student by Michael Cardew way back in 1935 and worked at Winchcombe for the rest of his life. He was a inspiration to potters and collectors alike. I met Ray on a few occasions, I rememberI showing him the slipware mug in the image below, he confirmed it as his and reminisced about his old slipware days, I will always treasure that memory.

Ray Finch pots - Slipware mug and cider barrel, stoneware chargers Stoneware charger with finger wiped meander decoration, 1990s Charger, ash glaze poured over iron slip, 2003 Earthenware cider jar with slip trailed decoratiomn, 1950s Earthenware mug with sgraffito fish decoration, late 1930s


Form and Function

Functional pottery is made to be used and at the same time give pleasure to the user. Click one of the pots below to view my gallery by form and make your judgement on how well the potter has fulfilled his or her task.

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Recent Gallery Images

Leach Pottery - Old Standardware - Small Waves Plate  Edward Hughes - small bowl  Leach Pottery - Old Standardware - Pint Tankard 


Saleroom
Wendy Salt (Aislaby Pottery) - Click to enter the saleroom  Nick Rees vase - Click to enter the saleroom Aylesford Pottery teapot - Click to enter the saleroom 

 

Adam Keeling - Whichford Pottery

I spend my Thursday evenings over at Wobage Farm near Ross-on-Wye an evening class run by Jeremy Steward. Recently Jeremy invited Adam Keeling of Whichford Pottery to come over and give a demonstration of large scale throwing. It was a memorable evening, here are some images from the event.

Adam Keeling throwing an Ali Baba jar


Della Robbia - Jane Holmes

The Della Robbia pottery was established in Birkenhead in 1894 along arts and crafts lines producing architectural panels and decorative pots. Despite selling its ware in prestigious outlets such as Liberty's, the pottery closed in 1906.

Janet Holmes, a Wirral potter, is to bring new life into the old pottery buildings at 28 Argyle Street where she is setting up the Rathbone Studio in May 2012. She will exhibit her own work and offer training workshops.

For more information click here.


Pot Easel

The Pot Easel

A precision engineered adjustable oak stand, just right for your cherished plate, charger or dish.

Now also available in Black!

 

 

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Recent Updates

04/05/2012 Home - Gordon Baldwin
03/05/2012 Exhibitions - Jim Malone
02/05/2012 Home - Della Robbia/Jane Holmes
26/04/2012 Home - Adam Keeling Demonstration
06/04/2012 Noticeboard - Hove Open House
23/03/2012 Gallery - Muchelney Tyg sold
21/02/2012 Gallery - Broadstairs Flagon sold
19/01/2012 Home - Ray Finch
19/01/2012 Archives - Tin Glazers, Mashiko Appeal
21/12/2011 Gallery - David Lloyd-Jones
03/12/2011 Gallery - Leach Pottery
31/11/2011 Exhibitions - Doug Fitch
23/10/2011 Exhibitions - Peter Swanson
26/09/2011 Leach Pottery - Old Standardware Range
26/09/2011 Gallery - Leach Pottery
26/09/2011 Gallery - Leach Pottery
26/09/2011 Gallery - Leach Pottery
25/09/2011 Gallery - Michael Leach
25/09/2011 Gallery - Leach Pottery
25/09/2011 Gallery - Sten Borsting
25/09/2011 Gallery - Edward Hughes
05/09/2011 Past Potters - David Ballantyne poem
05/09/2011 Festivals - Art in Clay 2011
04/09/2011 Festivals - Aberystwyth - Bottle Kiln 2011
04/09/2011 Festivals - Aberystwyth 2011
20/08/2011 Festivals - Earth and Fire 2011
14/08/2011 Exhibitions - Peter Hayes
21/06/2011 Bookshop - Ken Eastman sold
15/06/2011 Gallery - Leach Pottery Soup Jug
15/06/2011 Home - Tin Glazers
31/05/2011 Exhibitions - Wobage Summer Exhibition
18/05/2011 Home - Mashiko Yunomi
16/05/2011 Exhibitions - William Marshall
15/05/2011 Peter Swanson Mashiko Appeal Yunomi
15/05/2011 Peter Swanson Large Bowl
08/05/2011 Pot Sales - Jeremy Leach box sold
08/05/2011 Pot Sales - St Ives egg cup sold
02/05/2011 Pot Sales - Matthew Blakeley bowl sold
01/05/2011 Pot Sales - Lowerdown bud vase sold
27/04/2011 Exhibitions - Robin Welch
25/04/2011 Gallery - Ray Finch


Gordon Baldwin Exhibition and Symposium

York Art Gallery are currently hosting a major exhibition of work by Gordon Baldwin entitled Objects for a Landscape .

On Friday May 11th there is a ceramics symposium when, taking inspiration from the Gordon Baldwin exhibition a group of experts will discuss sculptural ceramics and their position in the physical and metaphorical landscape.

Speakers include Alison Britton, Martin Smith and Jeffery Jones. For more information click here.

Lidded jar by Colin Pearson Brush pot by Geoffrey Whiting Teapot by Mark Griffiths Jug by Mick Casson Dish from tha Leach Pottery Bowl by Simon Leach Tea cup by David Lloyd-Jones Vase by Phil Rogers